So here we are, two weeks before pitchers and catchers. Johan Santana is going to the Mets, and it looks like Coco Crisp and Jacoby Ellsbury will try and peacefully coexist in center field… As a rule, MLB conducts background checks on all umpires, but the investigations were intensified last year when NBA ref Tim [...]

Some day I will stop writing “2007″ for the year… So Johan Santana will be a NY Met for the 2008 campaign and beyond–and I could not be happier. They are in desperate need of help, the Sox did not have to give up anyone valuable (nor take a multiMULTI million $ contract) and the [...]

So the Sox have given up 2 minor league pitchers to the ChiSox for pitcher David Aardsma, a 1st round draft pick in 2003, he did well at the beginning of 2007 (1st 14 appearances: 2-0 with a 1.31 ERA), but then ended up with some pretty sucky numbers to end the season (Last 10 [...]

Holy Buckets! Thursday, June 12, 2008, 7:05 pm Section 20, Row 16, Seats 1 & 2 Yep, those would be MY tickets to Mecca itself, Fenway Park–Whooo Hoo! After a 2 year hiatus, I will be returning to the greatest baseball field on earth….

So the Skanks spent nearly a quarter of a BILLION dollars for a team that could not even get out of the 1st round of playoffs? The numbers came out yesterday–Not only did the Skanks waste a TON of money, they blew the doors off the record for most spent by a team in a [...]

We all know Trot signed a 1 year contract with Cleveland last year, when the Sox decided to go and get a more expensive (and less productive) right fielder in JD Drew. And, at this point, Cleveland has not offered an extension to Trot, nor has anyone else. And, the Sox are still looking for [...]